Artist Talk at the UNH Museum of Art Scott Schnepf: Four Decades of Printmaking Wednesday November 8 Scott Schnepf gave a talk on his career and practice as a printmaker and professor of art this past Wednesday. The show of his prints filled the upper floor of the museum and they had been hung for a while before the talk, so that I was already somewhat familiar with them, it being my habit to observe the art in the museum on a regular basis. Before the talk Iwas duly impressed with Schnepf’s work, and hearing the artist speak only broadened my admiration for him as a maker. Schnepf is a printmaker and a painter. He began making prints when he was pursuing his BA at Augusta College, and by his telling he has found in this medium an artistic process which fits well with his temperament and approach to creating an image. He also spoke about how making prints is a complementary process to making paintings, and that he finds it informative to toggle between the two. Schnepf ...
I took a trip to Pawtuckaway State park this past Monday to wrestle some rocks and take photos. I became interested in the compositional possibilities of rock as "figure" and sky/trees as "ground." I also took some pictures where the rock fills the entire frame, and the focus of the image is the texture and features of the rock. I like the flatness of these photos in particular. I'm thinking that my typology project will be comprised of a set of four photos, now i just have to choose, edit, and print!
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